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... unsound original construction. Columns are usually hollow, under the plaster the bricks are jumbled together with little and sandy cement, marble is often veneer. In this park, my Dutch genes go on red alert when I see a nice large water wheel (containing the Bagua symbols) not turning, because the scoops (just flat pieces of wood) are missing. Of two water overflows one is plugged. The functioning spout fills a tipping drum with water. When it is full, it is meant to ...

... asphalt road is under construction. We follow a bus into the fields, which look beautiful by the way. Harvested or ripe wheat fields, from light yellow, to copper to gold. The dirt road has wet spots, and I can see the bus wheels spin and slip. The little boy is asleep, half on my lap. The woman keeps sliding off the seat, and I galantly offer she moves closer. At some point we see a car gets stuck and our driver stops. ...

... planted. Few people, houses with plenty land around. Many sheep and horses, often on the road. The sunny weather helps. On some occasions I see large combines. But also many very small tractors, and cars with three wheels. Stacking hay is here still a tradition: cars disappear under the load. When we arrive in Chiaosu we are approached by taxi drivers who want to bring us to Xiata, an old town with beautiful nature on the Khazak border. The border itself is sensitive, ...

... Bugger. So drop the packs and I went looking. About 20 minutes later after checking a couple of local guesthouses with no luck, I found a large hotel wanting $50 a night. Screw it. We had the cash and it was our last night in China and I really couldn’t be asked going any further…I must be getting soft. I trundled back to Tim and the bags and we dragged our weary butts back up there.